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IOWA
Dianne Bystrom, the 22-year director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics, retired on Aug. 10. The Iowa State Daily interviewed the outgoing director on what she leaves behind. Iowa State Daily
Former Lee Enterprises executive Julie Bechtel has been named executive vice president of BH Media Group, Lee officials announced Friday. Bechtel will oversee operations at the Omaha World-Herald. Quad-City Times
Tell the class what you did this summer. Chanel Vidal will have perhaps the best story – three stories, actually. Her whirlwind summer took her from the Atlantic Ocean to India to the Canary Islands. Iowa State University
In the five years since she opened Prestige Dance Studio in Cedar Rapids, Jess Novotny has been busy. Two years after opening her business, she expanded the dance studio, adding a third classroom. A year and a half later, she included a fourth. The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Amy Healy always wanted to open a quilting store. She achieved that dream, working with husband Randy to open Wise Monkey Quilting in April 2015 on North Main Street in Denison.Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
NATION
San Francisco, Austin, and San Jose, Calif., are the top three cities for women business owners, according to a new study. Fortune
Walmart is losing one of its highest-ranking female executives, a blow to the retailer’s decade-long effort to promote women into senior leadership roles. Marybeth Hays, who had served as executive vice president of consumables and health and wellness for just over a year, will leave the company in January. Bloomberg News via The Cedar Rapids Gazette
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